pasturer

English

Etymology

pasture +‎ -er.

Noun

pasturer (plural pasturers)

1. One who pastures; one who takes cattle to graze.

See also

• agistor

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pasturer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• partures, raptures, super-rat, superrat

Middle French

Verb

pasturer

1. (of an animal) to graze

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of pasturer

infinitive	simple	pasturer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	pasturant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		pasturé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pasture	pastures	pasture	pasturons	pasturez	pasturent
	imperfect	pasturois, pasturoys	pasturois, pasturoys	pasturoit, pasturoyt	pasturions, pasturyons	pasturiez, pasturyez	pasturoient, pasturoyent
	past historic	pastura	pasturas	pastura	pasturasmes	pasturastes	pasturerent
	future	pasturerai, pastureray	pastureras	pasturera	pasturerons	pasturerez	pastureront
	conditional	pasturerois, pastureroys	pasturerois, pastureroys	pastureroit, pastureroyt	pasturerions, pastureryons	pastureriez, pastureryez	pastureroient, pastureroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	pasture	pastures	pasture	pasturons	pasturez	pasturent
	imperfect	pasturasse	pasturasses	pasturast	pasturassions	pasturassiez	pasturassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pasture	—	pasturons	pasturez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: pâturer